Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you.
The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst.
I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.
What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief.
It's no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time high.
Let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. And then let's pass a bill the next day to cancel that bill. We could save $5 trillion.
I see myself as more of a policy maker than a political leader.